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Ancient hillfort

Alatskivi hillfort

German: Allatzkiwwi

Alatskivi hillfort

Alatskivi hillfort is an ancient Estonians hillfort on Alatskivi by the Aovere-Kallas-Omedu highway a few kilometres from Lake Peipsi. According to assumptions, the mountain was 13th-14. used in the century as a place for a vassal castle. In the south and southeast, the mountain is protected by lakes, in the west by swamp, while in the north by a slope reaching an average of 10 metres, which had been artificially dug higher and fortified by iron stones.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Map of the area around Alatskivi hillfort
58.60703° N, 27.13134° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

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